Graph-based data flow control system

ABSTRACT

A graph-based data flow control system includes a control plane system coupled to SCP subsystems. The control plane system identifies a workload, and identifies service(s) on the SCP subsystems for manipulting/exchanging data to perform the workload. The control plane system generates a respective SCP-local data flow control graph for each SCP subsystem that defines how their service(s) will manipulate/exchange data within that SCP subsystem, and generates inter-SCP data flow control graph(s) that define how service(s) provided by at least one SCP subsystem will manipulate/exchange data with service(s) provided by at least one other SCP subsystem. The control plane system then transmits each respective SCP-local data flow control graph to each of the SCP subsystems, and the inter-SCP data flow control graph(s) to at least one SCP subsystem, for use by the SCP subsystems in causing their service(s) to manipulate/exchange data to perform the workload.

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates generally to information handlingsystems, and more particularly to controlling data flows throughinformation handling systems using data flow control graphs.

As the value and use of information continues to increase, individualsand businesses seek additional ways to process and store information.One option available to users is information handling systems. Aninformation handling system generally processes, compiles, stores,and/or communicates information or data for business, personal, or otherpurposes thereby allowing users to take advantage of the value of theinformation. Because technology and information handling needs andrequirements vary between different users or applications, informationhandling systems may also vary regarding what information is handled,how the information is handled, how much information is processed,stored, or communicated, and how quickly and efficiently the informationmay be processed, stored, or communicated. The variations in informationhandling systems allow for information handling systems to be general orconfigured for a specific user or specific use such as financialtransaction processing, airline reservations, enterprise data storage,or global communications. In addition, information handling systems mayinclude a variety of hardware and software components that may beconfigured to process, store, and communicate information and mayinclude one or more computer systems, data storage systems, andnetworking systems.

Information handling systems such as server devices and/or othercomputing systems known in the art may be configured to receive data,manipulate that data, and/or exchange that data with each other. Theinventors of the present disclosure have developed a System ControlProcessor (SCP) subsystem that may be provided in server devices toperform a variety of services (e.g., infrastructure services, trustedapplications, and/or other SCP operations), and those SCP subsystems maybe deployed along with their server devices across network edgelocations, network core locations, and network cloud locations, as wellas across datacenters. For example, for 5G wireless/edge solutions, SCPsubsystems may be provided at the “far” network edge locations (e.g., toperform virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) services, private Long TermEvolution (LTE)/Citizen Band Radio Service (CBRS) services, etc.), atthe network edge (e.g., to perform Telephone company (Telco) services),at the near network edge (e.g., to perform edge cloud services), and/orat the centralized/enterprise datacenter.

In order to process data (e.g., network edge data such as Internet ofThings (IoT) data or mobile device data) using the SCP subsystems/serverdevices discussed above, multiple services provided by (or across)different SCP subsystems will need to be coordinated. For example,initial data may be transmitted by an application or other data sourceprovided on an IoT device, mobile device, or other initial data sourcedevice utilizing the 5G wireless/edge solutions discussed above, andthat initial data may require RAN processing, firewall processing, loadbalancer processing, analytics processing, and/or other data processingknown in the art by services provided by multiple SCP subsystems inorder to transform that initial data into final data that may beutilized by an application or other data destination. However, becauseeach SCP subsystem may provide multiple services that are utilized tomanipulate and/or exchange data, that initial data will likely flowthrough one or more service(s) included in any particular SCP subsystem,one or more service(s) provided across SCP subsystems in any particularlocation, and/or one or more service(s) provided across SCP subsystemsin different locations, and conventional data flow control systems donot provide any techniques for coordinating the operation of the SCPsubsystems such that their services manipulate and exchange the data asdiscussed above.

Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide a data flow control systemthat addresses the issues discussed above.

SUMMARY

According to one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS)includes a processing subsystem; and a memory subsystem that is coupledto the processing subsystem and that includes instructions that, whenexecuted by the processing subsystem, cause the processing subsystem toprovide a graph-based data flow control engine that is configured to:identify a workload; identify one or more services that are provided bya plurality of SCP subsystems and that are configured to manipulate andexchange data to perform the workload; generate a respective SOP-localdata flow control graph for each of the plurality of SCP subsystems,where each respective SOP-local data flow control graph defines how theone or more services provided by that SCP subsystem will manipulate andexchange data within that SCP subsystem to perform the workload;generate at least one inter-SCP data flow control graph that defines howthe one or more services provided by at least one first SCP subsystemincluded in the plurality of SCP subsystems will manipulate and exchangedata with the one or more services provided by at least one second SCPsubsystem included in the plurality of SCP subsystems to perform theworkload; and transmit each respective SOP-local data flow control graphto each of the plurality of SCP subsystems, and the at least oneinter-SCP data flow control graph to at least one of the plurality ofSCP subsystems, wherein the plurality of SCP subsystems are configuredto utilize the respective SOP-local data flow control graph and the atleast one inter-SCP data flow control graph to cause their one or moreservices to manipulate and exchange data to perform the workload.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of an InformationHandling System (IHS).

FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of a networkedsystem.

FIG. 3A is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of a computingsystem that may be included in the networked system of FIG. 2 and thatmay utilize the graph-based data flow control system of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 3B is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of a computingsystem that may be included in the networked system of FIG. 2 and thatmay utilize the graph-based data flow control system of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of a control planesystem that may be included in the networked system of FIG. 2, and thatmay provide the graph-based data flow control system of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of an SCPsubsystem that may be included in the computing system of FIG. 3A or 3B,and that may provide the graph-based data flow control system of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a method forproviding graph-based data flow control.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of thecommunicative connections between the control plane system of FIG. 4 andthe SCP subsystems of FIG. 5 in the networked system of FIG. 2.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of the controlplane system of and the SCP subsystems of FIG. 7 operating during themethod of FIG. 5.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of an SCP localdata flow control graph.

FIG. 10 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of anintra-location data flow control graph.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of aninter-location data flow control graph.

FIG. 12 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of the controlplane system of and the SCP subsystems of FIG. 7 operating during themethod of FIG. 5.

FIG. 13 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of the SCPsubsystem of FIG. 5 operating during the method of FIG. 6.

FIG. 14 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of the controlplane system of and the SCP subsystems of FIG. 7 operating during themethod of FIG. 5.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

For purposes of this disclosure, an information handling system mayinclude any instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operableto compute, calculate, determine, classify, process, transmit, receive,retrieve, originate, switch, store, display, communicate, manifest,detect, record, reproduce, handle, or utilize any form of information,intelligence, or data for business, scientific, control, or otherpurposes. For example, an information handling system may be a personalcomputer (e.g., desktop or laptop), tablet computer, mobile device(e.g., personal digital assistant (PDA) or smart phone), server (e.g.,blade server or rack server), a network storage device, or any othersuitable device and may vary in size, shape, performance, functionality,and price. The information handling system may include random accessmemory (RAM), one or more processing resources such as a centralprocessing unit (CPU) or hardware or software control logic, ROM, and/orother types of nonvolatile memory. Additional components of theinformation handling system may include one or more disk drives, one ormore network ports for communicating with external devices as well asvarious input and output (I/O) devices, such as a keyboard, a mouse,touchscreen and/or a video display. The information handling system mayalso include one or more buses operable to transmit communicationsbetween the various hardware components.

In one embodiment, IHS 100, FIG. 1, includes a processor 102, which isconnected to a bus 104. Bus 104 serves as a connection between processor102 and other components of IHS 100. An input device 106 is coupled toprocessor 102 to provide input to processor 102. Examples of inputdevices may include keyboards, touchscreens, pointing devices such asmouses, trackballs, and trackpads, and/or a variety of other inputdevices known in the art. Programs and data are stored on a mass storagedevice 108, which is coupled to processor 102. Examples of mass storagedevices may include hard discs, optical disks, magneto-optical discs,solid-state storage devices, and/or a variety of other mass storagedevices known in the art. IHS 100 further includes a display 110, whichis coupled to processor 102 by a video controller 112. A system memory114 is coupled to processor 102 to provide the processor with faststorage to facilitate execution of computer programs by processor 102.Examples of system memory may include random access memory (RAM) devicessuch as dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), solid state memorydevices, and/or a variety of other memory devices known in the art. Inan embodiment, a chassis 116 houses some or all of the components of IHS100. It should be understood that other buses and intermediate circuitscan be deployed between the components described above and processor 102to facilitate interconnection between the components and the processor102.

Referring now to FIG. 2, an embodiment of a networked system 200 isillustrated in which the graph-based data flow control system of thepresent disclosure may be utilized. In the illustrated embodiment, thenetworked system 200 includes a plurality of computing systems 202 a,202 b, and up to 202 c. In an embodiment, the computing system 202 a-202c may be provided by the IHS 100 discussed above with reference to FIG.1, and/or may include some or all of the components of the IHS 100, andin specific examples may be provided by server devices. However, whilediscussed as being provided by server devices, one of skill in the artin possession of the present disclosure will recognize that computingsystems provided in the networked system 200 may include any computingsystems that may be configured to operate similarly as the computingsystems 202 a-202 c discussed below. In the illustrated embodiment, eachof the computing systems may be coupled to a network 204 that may beprovided by a Local Area Network (LAN), the Internet, combinationsthereof, and/or any other networks that would be apparent to one ofskill in the art in possession of the present disclosure.

In the illustrated embodiment, a control plane system 206 is alsocoupled to the network 204. In some embodiments, the control planesystem 206 may be provided by the IHS 100 discussed above with referenceto FIG. 1, and/or may include some or all of the components of the IHS100, and in specific examples may be provided by one or more controlplane server devices that may be configured to provide graph-based dataflow control functionality for the computing systems 202 a-202 c.However, in other embodiments, the control plane system 206 may beprovided by one or more of the SCP subsystems discussed below that maybe included in the computing systems 202 a-202 c, and thus may not beprovided by a separate component in the networked system 200 (asillustrated in FIG. 2 by the dashed lines for the control plane system206). As such, some embodiments may provide the control plane system 206as a centralized, server-based system that interacts with separate SCPsubsystems to perform the graph-based data flow control functionalitydescribed herein, while other embodiments may provide the control planesystem 206 as a distributed control plane provided by one or more SCPsubsystems that perform the graph-based data flow control functionalitydescribed herein. In either embodiment, the control plane system 206 maybe provided by redundant subsystems (e.g., redundant server devices,redundant SCP subsystem, etc.) in order to ensure high availability ofthe graph-based data flow control plane discussed below.

In the illustrated embodiment, one or more network-attached devices 208are also coupled to the network 204. In an embodiment, thenetwork-attached device(s) 208 may be provided by a variety of differentnetwork-attached devices that are accessible to the computing systems202 a-202 c via the network 204, and in specific examples may beprovided by one or more Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) storagedevices that may be configured to provide a network-attached storagesystem for any or all of the computing systems 202 a-202 c. However,while a specific networked system 200 has been illustrated anddescribed, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will recognize that the graph-based data flow control systemof the present disclosure may be utilized with a variety of componentsand component configurations, and/or may be provided in a variety ofcomputing system/network configurations, while remaining within thescope of the present disclosure as well.

Referring now to FIG. 3A, an embodiment of a computing system 300 isillustrated that may provide any or all of the computing systems 202a-202 c discussed above with reference to FIG. 2. As such, the computingsystem 300 may be provided by the IHS 100 discussed above with referenceto FIG. 1 and/or may include some or all of the components of the IHS100, and in specific examples may be provided by a server device.However, while illustrated and discussed as being provided by a serverdevice, one of skill in the art in possession of the present disclosurewill recognize that the functionality of the computing system 300discussed below may be provided by other computing systems that areconfigured to operate similarly as the computing system 300 discussedbelow. In the illustrated embodiment, the computing system 300 includesa chassis 302 that houses the components of the computing system 300,only some of which are illustrated below.

For example, the chassis 302 may house a System Control Processor (SCP)subsystem 304 that is provided according to the teachings of the presentdisclosure to perform the graph-based data flow control functionalitythat is discussed in further detail below. In some examples, the SCPsubsystem 304 may be conceptualized as an “enhanced” SmartNIC devicethat may be configured to perform functionality that is not available inconventional SmartNIC devices such as, for example, the platformroot-of-trust functionality described by the inventors of the presentdisclosure in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/027,835, filed on Sep.22, 2020, and the secure communication functionality described by theinventors of the present disclosure in U.S. patent application Ser. No.17/019,737, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, the disclosures of which isincorporated herein by reference in their entirety. However, whileillustrated and described as an enhanced SmartNIC device provided by anSCP subsystem, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that the SCP subsystem 304 may be replaced bya variety of other subsystems that are configured to perform thefunctionality discussed below while remaining within the scope of thepresent disclosure as well.

In an embodiment, the SCP subsystem 304 may be provided by the IHS 100discussed above with reference to FIG. 1 and/or may include some or allof the components of the IHS 100. In specific examples, the SCPsubsystem 304 may be provided as an SCP card that is configured toconnect to a slot on a motherboard in the chassis 302. In otherexamples, the SCP subsystem 304 may be integrated into a motherboard inthe chassis 302. In yet other examples the SCP subsystem 304 may be aseparate/co-motherboard circuit board that is connected to a motherboardin the chassis 302 (e.g., a two-part motherboard having a first portionthat enables conventional motherboard functionality, and a secondportion that enables the SCP functionality discussed below). However,while a few specific examples are provided, one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure will appreciate that the SCPsubsystem 304 may be provided in the computing system 300 in a varietyof manners that will fall within the scope of the preset disclosure.

The chassis 302 may also house a central processing subsystem 306 thatis coupled to the SCP subsystem 304 (e.g., via a Compute Express Link(CxL)), and which may include the processor 102 discussed above withreference to FIG. 1, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) such as a x86 hostprocessor, a CPU memory such as x86 host processor memory, and/or avariety of other processing components that would be apparent to one ofskill in the art in possession of the present disclosure. The chassis302 may also house a graphics processing subsystem 307 that is coupledto the SCP subsystem 304, and which may include the processor 102discussed above with reference to FIG. 1, a Graphics Processing Unit(GPU), a GPU memory, and/or by a variety of other processing componentsthat would be apparent to one of skill in the art in possession of thepresent disclosure. As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure, in the examples illustrated below,the graphics processing subsystem 307 connects to the central processingsubsystem 306 via the SCP subsystem 304 such that the SCP subsystem 304acts as a “host” for the graphics processing subsystem 307, althoughother central processing subsystem/graphics processing subsystemconfigurations will fall within the scope of the present disclosure aswell.

The chassis 302 may also house a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)subsystem 308 that is coupled to the SCP subsystem 304 and the centralprocessing system 306, and that one of skill in the art in possession ofthe present disclosure will recognize as being provided by firmware thatis configured to perform hardware initialization for the computingsystem 300 during a boot process (e.g., power-on startup operations) orother initialization processes known in the art, as well as runtimeservices for operating systems and/or other applications/programsprovided by the computing system 300. Furthermore, while described as aBIOS subsystem, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will recognize that the BIOS subsystem 308 may be replacedwith a Universal Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) subsystem, whichone of skill in the art in possession of the present disclosure willrecognize defines a software interface between an operating system andfirmware in the computing system 300, and that was provided to replaceBIOS subsystems (while supporting legacy BIOS services).

In the illustrated embodiment, the chassis 302 may also house a bootstorage device 308 a that is coupled to the SCP subsystem 304 and theBIOS subsystem 308, and that one of skill in the art in possession ofthe present disclosure will recognize may store a boot image that may beaccessible to and utilized by the BIOS subsystem 308 during bootoperations. For example, the boot storage device 308 a may be providedby Boot Optimized Storage Solution (BOSS) available from DELL® Inc. ofRound Rock, Tex., United States, although other boot storage deviceswill fall within the scope of the present disclosure as well. In theillustrated embodiment, the chassis 302 may also house a BaseboardManagement Controller (BMC) subsystem 310 that is coupled to the SCPsubsystem 304 and the central processing subsystem 306 (e.g., via aPeripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) link), and which one ofskill in the art in possession of the present disclosure will recognizeas being configured to manage an interface between system managementsoftware in the computing system 300 and hardware in the computingsystem 300, as well as perform other BMC operations that would beapparent to one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure.

The chassis 302 may also house (or provide a coupling for) one or moreInput/Output (I/O) devices 312 that are coupled to the SCP subsystem304. As such, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will recognize that the I/O device(s) 312 may be housed inthe chassis 302 and connected to an internal connector (e.g., on amotherboard in the chassis 302), or may be provided external to thechassis 302 and connected to an external connector (e.g., on an outersurface the chassis 302). As illustrated in FIG. 3A, the I/O device(s)312 may include one or more Peripheral Component Interconnect express(PCIe) devices 312 a (as the I/O device(s) 312 or in addition to otherI/O device(s)). For example, the PCIe device(s) 312 a may include NVMestorage devices that are house in the chassis 302 (i.e., and connectedto an internal connector on a motherboard in the chassis 302), or thatare external to the chassis 302 (i.e., and connected to an externalconnector on an outer surface of the chassis 302). However, whileparticular I/O devices and/or PCI devices have been described, one ofskill in the art in possession of the present disclosure will recognizethat a variety of other I/O devices will fall within the scope of thepresent disclosure as well. The chassis 302 may also house one or moreField Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device(s) 313 that are coupled tothe SCP subsystem 304, and that as discussed below may be programmed toperform any of a variety of functions for the computing system 300and/or the SCP subsystem 304.

The chassis 302 may also house one or more first components 314 that arecoupled to each of the BIOS subsystem 308 and the BMC subsystem 310, andone or more second components 316 that are coupled to at least one ofthe first components 314. In specific examples, the first component(s)314 and the second component(s) 316 may include a Complex ProgrammableLogic Device (CPLD), a power system, and/or a variety of other computingsystem components known in the art. However, while a specific computingsystem 300 has been illustrated, one of skill in the art in possessionof the present disclosure will recognize that computing systems (orother devices operating according to the teachings of the presentdisclosure in a manner similar to that described below for the computingsystem 300) may include a variety of components and/or componentconfigurations for providing conventional computing systemfunctionality, as well as the functionality discussed below, whileremaining within the scope of the present disclosure as well. Forexample, FIG. 3B illustrates an embodiment of the computing system 300in which the BMC subsystem 310 described above with reference to FIG. 3Ais omitted, and the SCP subsystem 304 is configured to provide a BMCsubsystem 304 a that performs the functionality of the BMC subsystem 310in FIG. 3A.

Referring now to FIG. 4, an embodiment of a control plane system 400 isillustrated that may provide the control plane system 206 discussedabove with reference to FIG. 2. As such, the control plane system 400may be provided by the IHS 100 discussed above with reference to FIG. 1and/or may include some or all of the components of the IHS 100, and insome specific examples may be provided by one or more server devices,while in other specific examples may be provided by one or more of theSCP subsystems described herein. However, while illustrated anddiscussed as being provided in different manners in the networked system200, one of skill in the art in possession of the present disclosurewill recognize that the functionality of the control plane system 400discussed below may be provided by other devices that are configured tooperate similarly as the control plane system 400 discussed below.

In the illustrated embodiment, the control plane system 400 includes achassis 402 including the components of the control plane system 400,only some of which are illustrated below. For example, the chassis 402may include a processing subsystem including one or more processors (notillustrated, but which may include the processor 102 discussed abovewith reference to FIG. 1) and a memory subsystem (not illustrated, butwhich may include the memory 114 discussed above with reference toFIG. 1) that is coupled to the processing subsystem and that includesinstructions that, when executed by the processing subsystem, cause theprocessing subsystem to provide a graph-based data flow control engine404 that is configured to perform the functionality of the graph-baseddata flow control engines and/or control plane systems discussed below.

The chassis 402 may also include a storage subsystem (not illustrated,but which may include the storage 108 discussed above with reference toFIG. 1, etc.) that is coupled to the graph-based data flow controlengine 404 (e.g., via a coupling between the storage subsystem and theprocessing subsystem), and that may include a graph-based data flowcontrol database 406 that may store any of the information utilized bythe graph-based data flow control engine 404 as discussed below. Thechassis 302 may also include a communication system 408 that is coupledto the graph-based data flow control engine 404 (e.g., via a couplingbetween the communication system 408 and the processing subsystem) andthat may include a Network Interface Controller (NIC) device, as well asany other communication components (e.g., wireless communication systems(e.g., BLUETOOTH®, Near Field Communication (NFC) components, WiFicomponents, etc.)) that would be apparent to one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure.

Referring now to FIG. 5, an embodiment of an SCP subsystem 500 isillustrated that may provide the SCP subsystem 304 discussed above withreference to FIGS. 3A and 3B. As such, the SCP subsystem 500 may beprovided by the IHS 100 discussed above with reference to FIG. 1 and/ormay include some or all of the components of the IHS 100, and inspecific examples may be provided as an SCP card, may be integrated intoa motherboard, or may be provided as a separate/co-motherboard circuitboard. However, while illustrated and discussed as being provided indifferent manners in a computing system 300, one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure will recognize that thefunctionality of the SCP subsystem 500 discussed below may be providedby other devices that are configured to operate similarly as the SCPsubsystem 500 discussed below.

In the illustrated embodiment, the SCP subsystem 500 includes a chassis502 (e.g., a circuit board) that supports the components of the SCPsubsystem 500, only some of which are illustrated below. For example,the chassis 502 may support an SCP processing subsystem including one ormore SCP processors (not illustrated, but which may include theprocessor 102 discussed above with reference to FIG. 1) and an SCPmemory subsystem (not illustrated, but which may include the memory 114discussed above with reference to FIG. 1) that is coupled to the SCPprocessing subsystem and that includes instructions that, when executedby the SCP processing subsystem, cause the SCP processing subsystem toprovide an SCP engine 504 that is configured to perform thefunctionality of the SCP engines and/or SCP subsystems discussed below.In a specific example, the SCP processing subsystem providing the SCPengine 504 may be provided by ARM processor cores in an ARM-basedprocessor, although other processing systems will fall within the scopeof the present disclosure as well.

The chassis 502 may also support an SCP storage subsystem (notillustrated, but which may include the storage 108 discussed above withreference to FIG. 1, the SCP memory system discussed above, etc.) thatis coupled to the SCP engine 504 (e.g., via a coupling between the SCPstorage subsystem and the SCP processing subsystem), and that mayinclude an SCP database 506 that may store any of the informationutilized by the SCP engine 504 as discussed below. The chassis 502 mayalso support a communication system 508 that is coupled to the SCPengine 504 (e.g., via a coupling between the communication system 508and the SCP processing subsystem) and that, in the illustratedembodiment, includes a Network Interface Controller (NIC) subsystem 508a (e.g., an Ethernet subsystem) that is configured to connect the SCPsubsystem 500 to the network 204 discussed above with reference to FIG.2, a component connection subsystem 508 b that is configured to couplethe SCP subsystem 500 to any of the components included in and/orconnected to the computing system 300 of FIGS. 3A and 3B, as well as anyother communication components (e.g., wireless communication systems(e.g., BLUETOOTH®, Near Field Communication (NFC) components, WiFicomponents, etc.)) that would be apparent to one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure.

As such, the communication system 508 may include any of the connectionsbetween the SCP subsystem 500 and the network 204, the centralprocessing subsystem 306, the graphics processing subsystem 307, theBIOS subsystem 308, the boot storage device 308 a, the BMC subsystem310, the I/O device(s) 312, the FPGA device(s) 313, and/or any othercomponents utilized with the computing system 202 a/300. For example,the component connection subsystem 508 b may include a CxL Root.mem/.cache subsystem coupled to the central processing subsystem 306,and Out-Of-Band (OOB) management subsystem coupled to the BMC subsystem310, and a CxL host subsystem coupled to the components in the computingsystem 300. However, while a specific SCP subsystem 500 has beenillustrated and described, one of skill in the art in possession of thepresent disclosure will recognize that SCP subsystems (or other devicesoperating according to the teachings of the present disclosure in amanner similar to that described below for the SCP subsystem 500) mayinclude a variety of components (e.g., a local memory, embedded FPGAdevice(s), a Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) emulation subsystembetween the SCP engine 504 and the CxL Root .mem/.cache subsystemdiscussed above, etc.) and/or component configurations for providing thefunctionality discussed below while remaining within the scope of thepresent disclosure as well.

Referring now to FIG. 6, an embodiment of a method 600 is illustratedfor providing graph-based data flow control. As discussed below,embodiments of the systems and methods of the present disclosure providefor the control of data flow within and between SCP subsystems usingdata flow control graphs that provide for the manipulation and exchangeof data by the SCP subsystems in a manner required to perform aworkload. For example, the graph-based data flow control system of thepresent disclosure may include a control plane system coupled to SCPsubsystems. The control plane system identifies a workload, andidentifies service(s) on the SCP subsystems for manipulating/exchangingdata to perform the workload. The control plane system generates arespective SOP-local data flow control graph for each SCP subsystem thatdefines how their service(s) will manipulate/exchange data within thatSCP subsystem, and generates inter-SCP data flow control graph(s) thatdefine how service(s) provided by at least one SCP subsystem willmanipulate/exchange data with service(s) provided by at least one otherSCP subsystem. The control plane system then transmits each respectiveSOP-local data flow control graph to each of the SCP subsystems, and theinter-SCP data flow control graph(s) to at least one SCP subsystem, andthe SCP subsystems use those data flow control graphs to cause theirservice(s) to manipulate/exchange data to perform the workload. As such,multiple services provided by (or across) different SCP subsystems maybe coordinated to manipulate and exchange data that may be received froman initial data source/application in order to transform that initialdata into final data that may be provided to a final datadestination/application as defined by a workload.

In some embodiments, during or prior to the method 600, the SCPsubsystems in the computing systems included in the networked system 200may authenticate the computing devices in their respective computingsystems. As such, any of the SCP subsystems 304 in the computing systems202 a/300, 202 b/300, and/or 202 c/300 may operate to authenticate thecomputing devices in its respective computing system. For example, theSCP engine 504 in each of the SCP subsystems 304/500 in the computingsystems 202 a-202 c/300 may be configured to perform the platformroot-of-trust functionality described by the inventors of the presentdisclosure in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/027,835, filed on Sep.22, 2020, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference inits entirety.

Thus, as described in that application, each SCP subsystem mayinitialize, validate its SCP subsystem initialization information (e.g.,an SCP boot image) as part of its SCP initialization operations, use thevalidated SCP subsystem initialization information to complete its SCPinitialization operations, validate BIOS subsystem initializationinformation (e.g., a BIOS boot image) for the BIOS subsystem in itscomputing system so that the BIOS subsystem may utilize that BIOSsubsystem initialization information to complete BIOS subsysteminitialization operations, validate BMC subsystem initializationinformation (e.g., a BMC boot image) for the BMC subsystem in itscomputing system so that the BMC subsystem may utilize that BMCsubsystem initialization information to complete BMC subsysteminitialization operations, and/or validate I/O device initializationinformation (e.g., an I/O boot image) for the I/O device(s) in itscomputing system so that the I/O device(s) may utilize that I/O deviceinitialization information to complete I/O device initializationoperations. As such, as described in that application, the SCP subsystemin each computing system may ensure the validated operations of each ofthe subsystems/devices/components included in its computing system.

Furthermore, as also described in that application, the “chain-of-trust”between any SCP subsystem and the systems/devices/components included inits computing system that are directly connected to that SCP subsystemmay be extended to systems/devices/components included in its computingsystem that are indirectly coupled to that SCP subsystem. For example,any validated subsystem/device/component that is directly connected toan SCP subsystem in a computing system may operate to ensure thevalidated operations of each of the subsystems/devices/components inthat computing system that it is directly connected to such thatsystems/devices/components that are indirectly connected to the SCPsubsystem are validated as well. Further still, validatedsystems/devices/components that are indirectly connected to the SCPsubsystem in any computing system may operate to ensure the validatedoperations of each of the subsystems/devices/components in its computingsystem that it is directly connected to, and so on. As such, a“chain-of-trust” may be provided between the SCP subsystem and everysubsystem/device/component in its computing system. As also discussed inthat application, the SCP subsystem in any computing system may alsooperate to validate firmware updates for thesubsystems/devices/components in its computing system, cause the erasureof portions of non-volatile storage subsystems in its computing system,and/or perform any other functionality described in that applicationduring the method 600.

In some embodiments, the authentication of any SCP subsystem and thesubsystems/devices/components in any computing system may include theauthentication of the control plane system 206 as well. For example,when the control plane system 206 is provided by centralized serverdevices, the control plane system 206 may be configured to authenticateits operation in a manner similarly to that described above for the SCPsubsystems/computing systems, and/or using other authenticationtechniques known in the art. In other examples, when the control planesystem 206 is provided in a distributed manner by one or more of the SCPsubsystems 304/500, the control plane system 206 may be authenticated aspart of the platform root-of-trust functionality performed by those SCPsubsystem(s) as discussed above.

Furthermore, during or prior to the method 600, the SCP subsystems mayestablish secure communication channels with each other. For example,the SCP engine 504 in each of the SCP subsystems 304/500 in thecomputing systems 202 a-202 c/300 may be configured to perform thesecure communication functionality described by the inventors of thepresent disclosure in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/079,737, filedon Oct. 26, 2020, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein byreference in its entirety. Thus, as described in that application, theSCP subsystem 304 in the computing system 202 b/300 may identify the SCPsubsystem 304 in the computing system 202 a/300, sign a second SCPauthentication communication with a second private key, and transmit thesecond signed SCP authentication communication to the SCP subsystem 304in the computing system 202 a/300, while the SCP subsystem 304 in thecomputing system 202 a/300 signs a first SCP authenticationcommunication with a first private key, and transmits the first signedSCP authentication communication to the SCP subsystem 304 in thecomputing system 202 b/300. The SCP subsystem 304 in the computingsystem 202 b/300 may then authenticate the first SCP authenticationcommunication using a first public key, the SCP subsystem 304 in thecomputing system 202 a/300 may authenticate the second SCPauthentication communication using a second public key and, in response,the SCP subsystems 304 in the computing systems 202 a/300 and 202 b/300will establish a secure communication channel.

As also described in that application, the SCP subsystem 304 in thecomputing system 202 b/300 may then identify the SCP subsystem 304 inthe computing system 202 c/300, sign a second SCP authenticationcommunication with a second private key, and transmit the second signedSCP authentication communication to the SCP subsystem 304 in thecomputing system 202 c/300, while the SCP subsystem 304 in the computingsystem 202 c/300 signs a third SCP authentication communication with athird private key, and transmits the third signed SCP authenticationcommunication to the SCP subsystem 304 in the computing system 202b/300. The SCP subsystem 304 in the computing system 202 b/300 may thenauthenticate the third SCP authentication communication using a thirdpublic key, the SCP subsystem 304 in the computing system 202 c/300 mayauthenticate the second SCP authentication communication using a secondpublic key and, in response, the SCP subsystems 304 in the computingsystems 202 b/300 and 202 c/300 will establish a secure communicationchannel.

As also described in that application, the SCP subsystem 304 in thecomputing system 202 b/300 may then attest to the authentication of theSCP subsystem 304 in the computing system 202 c/300 to the SCP subsystem304 in the computing system 202 a/300, and attest to the authenticationof the SCP subsystem 304 in the computing system 202 a/300 to the SCPsubsystem 304 in the computing system 202 c/300, which allows the SCPsubsystems 304 in the computing systems 202 a/300 and 202 c/300 toestablish a secure communication channel without transmitting signed SCPauthentication communications. Furthermore, any SCP subsystem (or thecontrol plane system 206) authenticated by an SCP subsystem may have itsauthentication attested to other SCP subsystems to quickly and securelygrow the secure communication fabric between the SCP subsystems (and thecontrol plane system). As also described in that application, enablingkeys may provide for use of the secure communication channels by each ofthe SCP subsystems 304 in the computing systems 202 a/300, 202 b/300,and 202 c/300 (and the control plane system 206) to securely exchangecommunications, and continued performance of the platform root-of-trustfunctionality discussed above by those SCP subsystems (and the controlplane system 206) will ensure that the secure communication channels areonly maintained with trusted control plane systems, SCP subsystems,and/or computing systems.

As such, secure communication channels may be established between thecontrol plane system 206 and the SCP subsystems 304 in the computingsystems 202 a-202 c/300 that each operate as trusted systems. Forexample, with reference to FIG. 7, a control plane system 700 (which maybe provided by the control plane system 206) is illustrated coupled toSCP subsystems 702 a, 702 b, and up to 702 c provided at an edgelocation 702 (any of which may be provided by the SCP subsystem 304 inany of the computing systems 202 a-202 c/300); SCP subsystems 704 a, 704b, and up to 704 c provided at a core location 704 (any of which may beprovided by the SCP subsystem 304 in any of the computing systems 202a-202 c/300); and SCP subsystems 706 a, 706 b, and up to 706 c providedat a cloud location 706 (any of which may be provided by the SCPsubsystem 304 in any of the computing systems 202 a-202 c/300). Asillustrated in FIG. 7, the control plane system 700 may be coupled tothe SCP subsystems in each of the edge location 702, the core location704, and the cloud location 706 via a plurality of the securecommunication channels discussed above that are described below asincluding a graph orchestration channel 708 a and a telemetry/failurerecovery channel 708 b, with the separate secure communication channelsenabling, for example, different policies (e.g., security policies) forthe different data transmitted over those secure communication channels.However, while two specific secure communication channels between thecontrol plane system 700 and SCP subsystems are illustrated anddescribed, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that other control plane system/SCP subsystemsecure communication channels will fall within the scope of the presentdisclosure as well.

As also illustrated in FIG. 7, the SCP subsystems in any of the edgelocation 702, the core location 704, and the cloud location 706 may becoupled together by the secure communication channels discussed abovethat are described below as secure intra-location communication channels710, while one or more SCP subsystems in any two of the edge location702, the core location 704, and the cloud location 706 may be coupledtogether by the secure communication channels discussed above that aredescribed below as secure inter-location communication channels 712.Furthermore, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that multiple secure intra-locationcommunication channels may be provided to enable, for example, differentpolicies (e.g., security policies) for the different data transmittedover those secure communication channels. However, while specific securecommunication channels between SCP subsystems are illustrated anddescribed, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that other SCP subsystem secure communicationchannels will fall within the scope of the present disclosure as well.

Thus, during or prior to the method, the control plane system 206/700and SCP subsystems 304 discussed below may be configured to performsecured and trusted communications with each other in order to ensurethe security of the graph orchestration, telemetry data exchange,failure recovery operations, data flow control operations, and data flowoperations described herein. Furthermore, one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure will recognize that the networkedsystem illustrated in FIG. 7 provides an example of an edge/core/cloudconfiguration that may be utilized in 5G wireless/edge solutions, butwill appreciate that the graph-based data flow control functionalitydiscussed below may be utilized in a variety of other solutions such as,for example, datacenter solutions that include SCP subsystems thatperform infrastructure delivery services, while remaining within thescope of the present disclosure as well.

The method 600 may begin at block 602 where a control plane systemidentifies a workload. In an embodiment, at block 602, the graph-baseddata flow control engine 404 in the control plane system 206/400 mayidentify a workload by, for example, receiving a workload performancerequest via its communication system 408. As will be appreciated by oneof skill in the art in possession of the present disclosure, theworkload performance request received by the graph-based data flowcontrol engine 404 in the control plane system 206/400 may be providedby a network administrator or other user of the networked system 200, byone of the computing systems 200 a-200 c, by one of the SCP subsystems304 in the computing systems 202 a-202 c/300, and/or by any otherworkload provisioning entity known in the art. Using the 5Gwireless/edge solution example above, the workload may include workloadrequirements and/or operation such as receiving initial data transmittedby an IoT device, mobile device, or other initial datasource/application, performing RAN processing on that data, firewallprocessing on that data, load balancer processing on that data,analytics processing on that data, and/or other data processing known inthe art on that data in order to transform that initial data into finaldata, and providing that final data to a final datadestination/application or other final data consumer. However, one ofskill in the art in possession of the present disclosure will appreciatethat the workload identified at block 602 may include any of a varietyof workload requirements and/or operations that detail how initial datareceived from an initial data source/application should be manipulatedand exchanged in order to produce final data to a final datadestination/application.

The method 600 then proceeds to block 604 where the control plane systemidentifies one or more services provide by a plurality of SCPsubsystems. With reference to FIG. 8, in an embodiment of block 604, thegraph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control plane system206/400/700 may perform service identification operations 800 thatinclude identifying, via its communication system 408 and the graphorchestration channel 708 a provided with each SCP subsystem 702 a-702 cin the edge location 702, each SCP subsystem 704 a-704 c in the corelocation 704, and each SCP subsystem 706 a-706 c in the cloud location706, one or more services provided by each of those SCP subsystems. Asdiscussed in further detail below, the SCP subsystem 304 in each of thecomputing systems 202 a-202 c/300 may be configured to provide one ormore services (e.g., one or more trusted applications and/or other datamanipulation/exchange instruction sets that may be performed using anycomponents in that SCP subsystem, in its computing system, and/oraccessible to that SCP subsystem via the network 204) that operate tomanipulate first data located at a first “data node” to produce seconddata that is exchanged from the first “data node” to a second “datanode”, with each “data node” representing a data/work product.

In one specific example, a service provided by an SCP subsystem may be acompression service that operates to compress uncompressed data (e.g., afirst data/work product) located at a first “data node” to compress theuncompressed data and exchange it from the first “data node” to a second“data node” to provide compressed data (e.g., a second data/workproduct) at the second “data node”. In another specific example, aservice provided by an SCP subsystem may be an encryption service thatoperates to encrypt unencrypted data (e.g., a first data/work product)located at a first “data node” to encrypt the unencrypted data that isexchanged from the first “data node” to a second “data node” to provideencrypted data (e.g., a second data/work product) at the second “datanode”. In another specific example, a service provided by an SCPsubsystem may be a data transmission service that operates to exchangefirst data located at a first “data node” (e.g., a first data/workproduct) at no less than a minimum data transmission speed to a second“data node” (e.g., a second data/work product that is the same as thefirst data/work product but that has been transmitted at no less thanthe minimum data transmission speed). However, while several specificexamples are described, one of skill in the art in possession of thepresent disclosure will appreciate that SCP subsystems may be configuredto provide any of a wide variety of services that will fall within thescope of the present disclosure as well, and any of those services maybe identified at block 504.

Furthermore, while the identification of services provided by SCPsubsystems is illustrated and described as being performed subsequent tothe identification of the workload at block 502, one of skill in the artin possession of the present disclosure will appreciate that theidentification of services provided by SCP subsystems may be performedprior to the identification of the workload while remaining within thescope of the present disclosure as well. For example, the graph-baseddata flow control engine 404 in the control plane system 206/400 mayidentify any services provided by the SCP subsystems and store thatinformation in the graph-based data flow control database 406, and thensubsequently identify workloads that may be performed using one or moreof those services in the manner described below.

The method 600 then proceeds to block 606 where the control plane systemgenerates respective SOP-local data flow control graphs for each of theplurality of SCP subsystem. In an embodiment, at block 606, thegraph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control plane system206/400/700 may operate to generate SOP-local data flow control graphsthat define how one or more of the SCP subsystem 702 a-702 c in the edgelocation 702, one or more of the SCP subsystem 704 a-704 c in the corelocation 704, and one or more of the SCP subsystem 706 a-706 c in thecloud location 706 will utilize one or more of their service(s)identified at block 604 to manipulate and exchange data to perform theworkload identified at block 602. For example, in response toidentifying the workload at block 602, the graph-based data flow controlengine 404 in the control plane system 206/400/700 may select a subsetof the service(s) identified at block 604 in order to generate SOP-localdata flow control graphs for each SCP subsystem that includes a servicethat is needed to manipulate and/or exchange data in order to performthe workload, with each SOP-local data flow control graph defining howservice(s) in one of those SCP subsystems will manipulate and exchangedata between each other.

In a specific example, at block 606 the graph-based data flow controlengine 404 in the control plane system 206/400/700 may first generate aglobal data flow control graph that generally defines the services thatwill be needed to perform the workload (e.g., the RAN processing,firewall processing, load balancer processing, and analytics processingdescribed in the example above), and then select the particularservice(s) provided by the SCP subsystems that accomplish the servicesdefined in the global data flow control graph, and then generate theSOP-local data flow control graphs to define how those services withmanipulate and exchange data to perform the workload (e.g., a firstSOP-local data flow control graph that defines how service(s) in a firstSCP subsystem will receive initial data and manipulate and exchange datato accomplish the RAN processing, a second SCP-local data flow controlgraph that defines how service(s) in a second SCP subsystem will receiveRAN processed data and manipulate and exchange the RAN processed data toaccomplish the firewall processing, a third SCP-local data flow controlgraph that defines how service(s) in a third SCP subsystem will receiveRAN/fireless processed data and manipulate and exchange the RAN/firewallprocessed data to accomplish the load balancer processing, and a fourthSCP-local data flow control graph that defines how service(s) in afourth SCP subsystem will receive RAN/fireless/load balancing processeddata and manipulate and exchange the RAN/firewall/load balancingprocessed data to accomplish the analytics processing). However, while aspecific example is provided, one of skill in the art in possession ofthe present disclosure will appreciate SCP-local data flow controlgraphs may define how service(s) in SCP subsystems will manipulate andexchange data in a variety of manners (i.e., service(s) in the same SCPsubsystem may perform the RAN processing and the firewall processing inthe example above) while remaining within the scope of the presentdisclosure as well.

With reference to FIG. 9, an embodiment of an SCP-local data flowcontrol graph 900 is illustrated for an SCP subsystem 902 that may beany of the SCP subsystems 702 a-702 c in the edge location 702, the SCPsubsystems 704 a-704 c in the core location 704, and/or the SCPsubsystems 706 a-706 c in the cloud location 706. As illustrated, theSCP-local data flow control graph 900 illustrates how the SCP subsystem902 includes a plurality of data nodes 902 a, 902 b, 902 c, 902 d, 902e, 902 f, 902 g, and 902 h that provide the “vertices” of the SCP-localdata flow control graph 900, and a plurality of manipulation/exchangeoperations 904 a, 904 b, 904 c, 904 d, 904 e, 904 f, 904 g, 904 h, 904i, and 904 j that provide the “edges” of the SCP-local data flow controlgraph 900, and one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that the “edge” between any two “vertices” inthe SCP-local data flow control graph 900 may define themanipulation/exchange operations that will be performed on any firstdata located at a first data node (e.g., a first data/work product) toproduce second data that is located at a second data node (e.g., asecond data/work product).

As such, the example in FIG. 9 defines how a data/work product at thedata node 902 a should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 aperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 b, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 a should also have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 bperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 c, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 b should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 cperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 d, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 b should also have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 dperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 e, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 c should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 eperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 f, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 c should also have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 fperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 g, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 d should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 gperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 h, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 e should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 hperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 h, how a data/work product at thedata node 902 f should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 iperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 h, and how a data/work product atthe data node 902 g should have a manipulation/exchange operation 904 jperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 902 to provide adata/work product at the data node 902 h.

As such, the SCP-local data flow control graph 900 may define a dataflow operation that will be performed by the SCP subsystem, with thedata nodes 902 a-902 h and the manipulation/exchange operations 904a-904 j defining how manipulation operations may be performed on data(e.g., received as a data/work product at the data node 902 a), defininghow that data should be exchange between different data/work products(e.g., based on security policies, Service Level Agreement (SLA)policies, etc.), and/or defining any other service operation on thatdata as the data is transformed from first data received by that SCPsubsystem to second data that may be provided to a different SCPsubsystem or a final data destination/application. However, while aspecific example of an SCP-local data flow control graph has beenillustrated and described that defines how one or more servicesmanipulate and/or exchange data between each other in an SCP subsystem,one of skill in the art in possession of the present disclosure willappreciate that other graph data structures may be utilized to definehow data is manipulated and exchanged between services in an SCPsubsystem while remaining within the scope of the present disclosure aswell.

The method 600 then proceeds to block 608 where the control plane systemgenerates one or more inter-SCP data flow control graphs for one or moreSCP subsystems. In an embodiment, at block 608, the graph-based dataflow control engine 404 in the control plane system 206/400/700 mayoperate to generate inter-SCP data flow control graphs that define howone or more of the SCP subsystem 702 a-702 c in the edge location 702,one or more of the SCP subsystem 704 a-704 c in the core location 704,and one or more of the SCP subsystem 706 a-706 c in the cloud location706 will utilize one or more of their service(s) identified at block 604to manipulate and exchange data to perform the workload identified atblock 602. For example, in response to identifying the workload at block602, the graph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control planesystem 206/400/700 may use the service(s) identified at block 604 inorder to generate inter-SCP data flow control graphs for one or more ofthe SCP subsystems that includes a service that is needed to manipulateand/or exchange data in order to perform the workload, with eachinter-SCP data flow control graph defining how service(s) in one ofthose SCP subsystems will manipulate and exchange data with service(s)in another of those SCP subsystems.

Continuing with the specific example discussed above, at block 608 thegraph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control plane system206/400/700 may first generate the global data flow control graphdiscussed that generally defines the services that will be needed toperform the workload (e.g., the RAN processing, firewall processing,load balancer processing, and analytics processing described in theexample above), select the particular service(s) provided by the SCPsubsystems that accomplish the services defined in the global data flowcontrol graph, and then generate the inter-SCP data flow control graphsto define how those services with manipulate and exchange data betweenSCP subsystems to perform the workload (e.g., inter-SCP data flowcontrol graph(s) that defines how service(s) in first SCP subsystem(s)will manipulate and exchange data with service(s) in second SCPsubsystem(s) to accomplish the RAN processing, the firewall processing,the load balancer processing, and the analytics processing). However,while a specific example is provided, one of skill in the art inpossession of the present disclosure will appreciate inter-SCP data flowcontrol graphs may define how service(s) in SCP subsystems willmanipulate and exchange data with service(s) in other SCP subsystems ina variety of manners while remaining within the scope of the presentdisclosure as well.

For example, with reference to FIG. 10, an embodiment of anintra-location data flow control graph 1000 is illustrated for an edge,cloud, or core location 1002 that may be any of the edge location 702,the core location 704, and/or the cloud location 706 discussed abovewith regard to FIG. 7. As illustrated, the intra-location data flowcontrol graph 1000 illustrates how the edge, cloud, or core location1002 includes a plurality of SCP subsystems 1002 a, 1002 b, 1002 c, 1002d, 1002 e, 1002 f, and 1002 g that provide the “vertices” of theintra-location data flow control graph 1000, and a plurality ofmanipulation/exchange operations 1004 a,1004 b, 1004 c, 1004 d, 1004 e,1004 f, 1004 g, and 1004 h that provide the “edges” of theintra-location data flow control graph 1000, and one of skill in the artin possession of the present disclosure will appreciate that the “edge”between any two “vertices” in the intra-location data flow control graph1000 may define the manipulation/exchange operations that will beperformed on any first data at a first data node (e.g., a firstdata/work product) in a first SCP subsystem provided in a location toproduce second data at a second data node (e.g., a first data/workproduct) in a second SCP subsystem located at that location.

As such, the example in FIG. 10 defines how data at the SCP subsystem1002 a (e.g., a data/work product at a data node in that SCP subsystem)should have a manipulation/exchange operation 1004 a performed on it bya service in the SCP subsystem 1002 a to provide a data/work product atthe SCP subsystem 1002 b (e.g., at a data node in that SCP subsystem),how data at the SCP subsystem 1002 a (e.g., a data/work product at adata node in that SCP subsystem) should also have amanipulation/exchange operation 1004 b performed on it by a service inthe SCP subsystem 1002 a to provide a data/work product at the SCPsubsystem 1002 c (e.g., at a data node in that SCP subsystem), how dataat the SCP subsystem 1002 a (e.g., a data/work product at a data node inthat SCP subsystem) should also have a manipulation/exchange operation1004 c performed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 1002 a toprovide a data/work product at the SCP subsystem 1002 f (e.g., at a datanode in that SCP subsystem), how data at the SCP subsystem 1002 b (e.g.,a data/work product at a data node in that SCP subsystem) should have amanipulation/exchange operation 1004 d performed on it by a service inthe SCP subsystem 1002 b to provide a data/work product at the SCPsubsystem 1002 d (e.g., at a data node in that SCP subsystem), how dataat the SCP subsystem 1002 c (e.g., a data/work product at a data node inthat SCP subsystem) should have a manipulation/exchange operation 1004 eperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 1002 c to provide adata/work product at the SCP subsystem 1002 e (e.g., at a data node inthat SCP subsystem), how data at the SCP subsystem 1002 c (e.g., adata/work product at a data node in that SCP subsystem) should also havea manipulation/exchange operation 1004 f performed on it by a service inthe SCP subsystem 1002 c to provide a data/work product at the SCPsubsystem 1002 g (e.g., at a data node in that SCP subsystem), how dataat the SCP subsystem 1002 e (e.g., a data/work product at a data node inthat SCP subsystem) should have a manipulation/exchange operation 1004 gperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem 1002 e to provide adata/work product at the SCP subsystem 1002 g (e.g., at a data node inthat SCP subsystem), and how data at the SCP subsystem 1002 f (e.g., adata/work product at a data node in that SCP subsystem) should have amanipulation/exchange operation 1004 h performed on it by a service inthe SCP subsystem 1002 f to provide a data/work product it at the SCPsubsystem 1002 g (e.g., at a data node in that SCP subsystem).

As such, the intra-location data flow control graph 1000 may define adata flow operation that will be performed by any SCP subsystems, withthe SCP subsystems 1002 a-1002 g and the manipulation/exchangeoperations 1004 a-1004 g defining how manipulation operations may beperformed on data (e.g., received as a data/work product at the SCPsubsystem 1002 a), defining how that data should be exchange betweendifferent data/work products at different SCP subsystems (e.g., based onsecurity policies, Service Level Agreement (SLA) policies, etc.), and/ordefining any other service operation on that data as the data istransformed from first data received by a first SCP subsystem at alocation to second data that may be provided to a different SCPsubsystem or a final data destination/application at that location.However, while a specific example of an intra-network data flow controlgraph has been illustrated and described that defines how one or moreservices manipulate and/or exchange data between SCP subsystems in thesame location, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that other graph data structures may beutilized to define how data is manipulated and exchanged between SCPsubsystems in the same location while remaining within the scope of thepresent disclosure as well.

In another example, with reference to FIG. 11, an embodiment of aninter-location data flow control graph 1100 is illustrated for an edgelocation 1102 a, a core location 1102 b, and a cloud location 1102 cthat may be the edge location 702, the core location 704, and the cloudlocation 706 discussed above with reference to FIG. 7. As illustrated,the inter-location data flow control graph 1100 illustrates how the edgelocation 1102 a, the core location 1102 b, and the cloud location 1102 cprovide the “vertices” of the inter-location data flow control graph1100, and a plurality of manipulation/exchange operations 1104 a and1104 b that provide the “edges” of the inter-location data flow controlgraph 1100, and one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that the “edge” between any two “vertices” inthe inter-location data flow control graph 1100 may define themanipulation/exchange operations that will be performed on any firstdata located at a first data node (e.g., a first data/work product) inan SCP subsystem located at a first location to produce second data thatis located at a second data node (e.g., a second data/work product) inan SCP subsystem located at a second location.

As such, the example in FIG. 11 defines how data at the edge location1102 a (e.g., a data/work product at a data node in an SCP subsystemlocated at the edge location 1102 a) should have a manipulation/exchangeoperation 1104 a performed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem atthe edge location 1102 a to provide a data/work product at the corelocation 1102 b (e.g., at a data node in an SCP subsystem located at thecore location 1102 b), and how data at the core location 1102 b (e.g., adata/work product at a data node in an SCP subsystem located at the corelocation 1102 b) should have a manipulation/exchange operation 1104 bperformed on it by a service in the SCP subsystem at the core location1102 b to provide a data/work product at the cloud location 1102 c(e.g., at a data node in an SCP subsystem located at the cloud location1102 c).

As such, the inter-location data flow control graph 1100 may define adata flow operation that will be performed by any SCP subsystems indifferent locations, with the SCP subsystems in the edge location 1102a, core location 1102 b, and cloud location 1102 c and themanipulation/exchange operations 1104 a and 1104 b defining howmanipulation operations may be performed on data (e.g., received as adata/work product at an SCP subsystem in the edge location), defininghow that data should be exchange between different data/work products atdifferent SCP subsystems in different locations (e.g., based on securitypolicies, Service Level Agreement (SLA) policies, etc.), and/or definingany other service operation on that data as the data is transformed fromfirst data received by a first SCP subsystem in a first location tosecond data that may be provided to a different SCP subsystem or a finaldata destination/application at a second location. However, while aspecific example of an inter-network data flow control graph has beenillustrated and described that defines how one or more servicesmanipulate and/or exchange data between SCP subsystems in differentlocations, one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure will appreciate that other graph data structures may beutilized to define how data is manipulated and exchanged between SCPsubsystems in different locations while remaining within the scope ofthe present disclosure as well.

The method 600 then proceeds to block 610 where the control plane systemtransmits the respective SCP-local data flow control graphs and the oneor more inter-SCP data flow control graphs to the plurality of SCPsubsystems. With reference to FIG. 12, in an embodiment of block 610,the graph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control plane system206/400/700 may perform data flow control graph transmission operations1200 that include transmitting, via its communication system 408 and thegraph orchestration channel 708 a provided with each SCP subsystem 702a-702 c in the edge location 702, each SCP subsystem 704 a-704 c in thecore location 704, each SCP subsystem 706 a-706 c in the cloud location706, one or more of the data flow control graphs generated at blocks 606and 608. For example, at block 610, the graph-based data flow controlengine 404 in the control plane system 206/400/700 may transmit theSCP-local data flow control graphs generated at block 606 to each SCPsubsystem that includes a service that will operate tomanipulate/exchange data between data nodes in that SCP subsystem inorder to perform the workload identified at block 602.

Furthermore, at block 610, the graph-based data flow control engine 404in the control plane system 206/400/700 may transmit the intra-locationdata flow control graphs generated at block 608 to each SCP subsystemthat includes a service that will operate to manipulate/exchange databetween a data node in that SCP subsystem and a data node in another SCPsubsystem that is included in the same location in order to perform theworkload identified at block 602. Further still, at block 610, thegraph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control plane system206/400/700 may transmit the inter-location data flow control graphsgenerated at block 608 to each SCP subsystem that includes a servicethat will operate to manipulate/exchange data between a data node inthat SCP subsystem and a data node in another SCP subsystem that isincluded in a different location in order to perform the workloadidentified at block 602.

As such, following block 610, each of the SCP subsystems that willmanipulate and/or exchange data to perform the workload identified atblock 602 may store one or more of the data flow control graphsgenerated at blocks 606 and 608. For example, FIG. 13 illustrates theSCP subsystem 500 including the SCP engine 504 that is configured toprovide services 1300 a, 1300 b, 1300 c, 1300 d, 1300 e, and up to 1300f, and that stored one or more data flow control graph(s) 1302 thatdefine how the service(s) 1300 a-1300 f should operate to manipulate andexchange data between data nodes in that SCP subsystem 500, with a datanode in another SCP subsystem in the same location, and/or with a datanode in another SCP subsystem in a different location. Thus, followingblock 610, one or more SCP subsystems 702 a-702 c in the edge location702, one or more SCP subsystems 704 a-704 c in the core location 704,and/or one or more SCP subsystems 706 a-706 c in the cloud location 706may be configured to utilize their data flow control graphs to causetheir service(s) to manipulate and/or exchange data in order to performthe workload identified at block 602.

The method 600 then proceeds to block 612 where the SCP subsystems usethe SOP-local data flow control graphs and the one or more inter-SCPdata flow control graphs to cause their one or more services tomanipulate and exchange data to perform the workload. In an embodiment,at block 612, the SCP engine 504 in any of the SCP subsystems 702 a-702c/500 in the edge location 702, any of the SCP subsystems 704 a-704c/500 in the core location 704, and/or any of the SCP subsystems 706a-706 c/500 in the cloud location 706, may utilize their service(s) 1300a-1300 f to manipulate and exchange data between data nodes in their SCPsubsystem, manipulate and exchange data between a data node in their SCPsubsystem and a data node in another SCP subsystem in the same location,and manipulate and exchange data between a data node in their SCPsubsystem and a data node in another SCP subsystem in a differentlocation, in order to transform initial data that is received by an SCPsubsystem located at the edge location 702 to produce final data locatedat the cloud location 706.

As such, any of the SCP subsystems 702 a-702 c, 704 a-704 c, and/or 706a-706 c may utilize their respective SCP local data flow control graphsto manipulate and exchange data between data nodes using their services.Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 14, any of the SCP subsystems 702a-702 c/500 in the edge location 702 may perform datamanipulation/exchange operations 1400 a using an intra-location dataflow control graph to manipulate and/or exchange data with each other,any of the SCP subsystems 704 a-704 c/500 in the core location 704 mayperform data manipulation/exchange operations 1400 b using anintra-location data flow control graph to manipulate and/or exchangedata with each other, and/or any of the SCP subsystems 706 a-706 c/500in the cloud location 706 may perform data manipulation/exchangeoperations 1400 a using an intra-location data flow control graph tomanipulate and/or exchange data with each other. Similarly, any of theSCP subsystems 702 a-702 c/500 in the edge location 702 may perform datamanipulation/exchange operations 1402 a using an inter-location dataflow control graph to manipulate and/or exchange data any of the SCPsubsystems 704 a-704 c/500 in the core location 704, and any of the SCPsubsystems 704 a-704 c/500 in the core location 704 may perform datamanipulation/exchange operations 1402 b using an inter-location dataflow control graph to manipulate and/or exchange data any of the SCPsubsystems 706 a-706 c/500 in the cloud location 706. Further still,FIG. 14 also illustrates how any of the SCP subsystems 702 a-702 c/500in the edge location 702, any of the SCP subsystems 704 a-704 c/500 inthe core location 704, and/or any of the SCP subsystems 706 a-706 c/500in the cloud location 706 may utilize their respective telemetry/failurerecovery channel 708 b with the control plane system 700 in order toperform telemetry reporting operations 1404 and report telemetry dataassociated with the performance of the workload identified at block 602.

As such, one of skill in the art in possession of the present disclosurewill appreciate how the data flow control graphs operate to coordinatethe use of multiple services (e.g., trusted applications) provided in anSCP subsystem and across multiple SCP subsystems in order to manipulateand exchange data between those SCP subsystems in a manner that providesa controlled data flow that performs a desired workload. As such, thecontrol plane system 206/700 may make a variety of decisions about whichservice in which SCP subsystem will perform any workload requirement oroperation to provide the workload. For example, if the workload requiresassociated data to be compressed, the control plane system 206/700 maydecide whether the associated compression operation should happen at anedge location, a core location, or a cloud location, and then generatedata flow control graphs that define the performance of that compressionoperation at the determined location. Furthermore, the control planesystem 206/700 may make determinations about whether or when data shouldbe modified by a service in any SCP subsystem performing the workload,how data should be transmitted from one data node to another (e.g., bydefining the data transmission technology, the data transmission speed,etc.), whether or when new data should be added to existing data, and/ora variety of other manipulation/exchange operations that would beapparent to one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure, and enable those manipulation/exchange operations via thedata flow control graphs discussed above.

One of skill in the art in possession of the present disclosure willrecognize that conventional data flow control systems such as, forexample, Software Defined Networking (SDN) systems, simply operate toprovide a “roadmap” that provide directions for forwarding data receivedat a first data location to a second data location, which may beanalogized to providing a friend with a map that has directions to adinner party and that allows that friend to drive their car to thatdinner party. To contrast with the data flow control graphs of thepresent disclosure via the use of the analogy above, the simple roadmapdiscussed above is enhanced to include not only directions to the dinnerparty that allow a friend to drive their car to that dinner party, butalso instructions about what kind of car to drive, how fast to drivethat car, locations to stop along the way and pick up items for thedinner party, etc.

The method 600 then proceeds to decision block 614 where it isdetermined whether an SCP subsystem has become unavailable. In anembodiment, at decision block 614, the graph-based data flow controlengine 404 in the control plane system 206/400/700 may monitor for theunavailability (e.g., failure) of any SCP subsystem and/or service thatoperates to perform any portion of the workload at block 612. Forexample, the telemetry data associated with the performance of theworkload and reported during the telemetry reporting operations 1404 byany of the SCP subsystems 702 a-702 c/500 in the edge location 702, anyof the SCP subsystems 704 a-704 c/500 in the core location 704, and/orany of the SCP subsystems 706 a-706 c/500 in the cloud location 706(and/or any other data or communications between those SCP subsystemsand the control plane system) may be received and analyzed by thegraph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control plane system206/400/700 to determine whether an SCP subsystem (or its service thatis being utilized to perform the workload) is no longer available. If atdecision block 614, it is determined that an SCP subsystem has notbecome unavailable, the method 600 returns to block 612. As such, themethod 600 may loop such that SCP subsystems use one or more data flowcontrol graphs to cause their services to manipulate and/or exchangedata in order to perform the workload identified at block 602.

If at decision block 614, it is determined that an SCP subsystem hasbecome unavailable, the method 600 proceeds to block 616 where thecontrol plane system generates replacement SOP-local data flow controlgraph(s) for one or more of the plurality of SCP subsystems. In anembodiment, at block 616 and in response to determining that an SCPsubsystem (or its service that is being used to perform the workload) isunavailable, the graph-based data flow control engine 404 in the controlplane system 206/400/700 may generate replacement SOP-local data flowcontrol graph(s) for any SCP subsystems that are performing the workloadand that are effected by the unavailable SCP subsystem/service insubstantially the same manner as described above with reference to block606. As such, an unavailable service in an SCP subsystem may result inthe generation of a replacement SOP-local data flow control graph thatidentifies a manipulation/exchange operation performed by an availableservice in that SCP subsystem that replaces the manipulation/exchangeoperation that was being performed by unavailable service in that SCPsubsystem, as well as any other modifications to manipulation/exchangeoperations performed other services in that SCP subsystem that wereaffected by the unavailable service so that the workload may beperformed by services in that SCP subsystem.

The method 600 may then proceed to optional block 618 where the controlplane system generates replacement inter-SCP data flow control graph(s)for one or more of the plurality of SCP subsystems. In an embodiment, atoptional block 618 and in response to determining that an SCP subsystem(or its service that is being used to perform the workload) isunavailable, the graph-based data flow control engine 404 in the controlplane system 206/400/700 may generate replacement intra-location and/orinter-location data flow control graph(s) for any SCP subsystems thatare performing the workload and that are effected by the unavailable SCPsubsystem/service in substantially the same manner as described abovewith reference to block 608. As such, an unavailable service in an SCPsubsystem may result in the generation of a replacement intra-locationdata flow control graph and/or a replacement inter-location data flowcontrol graph that identifies a manipulation/exchange operationperformed by an available service in that SCP subsystem that replacesthe manipulation/exchange operation that was being performed byunavailable service in that SCP subsystem, as well as any othermodifications to manipulation/exchange operations performed otherservices in that SCP subsystem or other SCP subsystems (in the same ordifferent locations) that were affected by the unavailable service sothat the workload may be performed by those services in those SCPsubsystems

The method 600 then proceeds to block 620 where the control plane systemtransmits the replacement SOP-local data flow control graphs and, insome embodiments, one or more replacement inter-SCP data flow controlgraphs, to the one or more SCP subsystems. In an embodiment, at block620, the graph-based data flow control engine 404 in the control planesystem 206/400/700 may transmit the replacement SOP-local data flowcontrol graphs and, in some embodiments, one or more replacementinter-SCP data flow control graphs, to the SCP subsystems for which theywere generated at blocks 616 and 618 in substantially the same manner asdescribed above with reference to block 610.

The method 600 may then return to block 612. As such, any time an SCPsubsystem or one or more of its services that perform a workload becomeunavailable, the method 600 may operate to generate replacement dataflow control graphs to ensure that unavailable services or SCPsubsystems (and services or SCP subsystems affected by thatunavailability) are replaced by available services or SCP subsystems sothat the performance of the workload is not interrupted (or may beresumed after an interruption). Furthermore, the telemetry dataassociated with the performance of the workload and reported during thetelemetry reporting operations 1404 by any of the SCP subsystems 702a-702 c/500 in the edge location 702, any of the SCP subsystems 704a-704 c/500 in the core location 704, and/or any of the SCP subsystems706 a-706 c/500 in the cloud location 706 (and/or any other data orcommunications between those SCP subsystems and the control planesystem), may be received and analyzed by the graph-based data flowcontrol engine 404 in the control plane system 206/400/700 to optimizeworkloads and/or the networked system 200 by, for example, suggestingthat additional SCP subsystem(s) be added to the networked system 200,suggesting that service(s) (e.g., security services, other data flowservices, etc.) be added to SCP subsystems, and/or providing otheroptimization suggestions that would be apparent to one of skill in theart in possession of the present disclosure.

Thus, systems and methods have been described that provide for thecontrol of data flow within and between SCP subsystems using data flowcontrol graphs that provide for the manipulation and exchange of data bythe SCP subsystems in a manner required by a workload. For example, thegraph-based data flow control system of the present disclosure mayinclude a control plane system coupled to SCP subsystems. The controlplane system identifies a workload, and identifies service(s) on the SCPsubsystems for manipulating/exchanging data to perform the workload. Thecontrol plane system generates a respective SOP-local data flow controlgraph for each SCP subsystem that defines how their service(s) willmanipulate/exchange data within that SCP subsystem, and generatesinter-SCP data flow control graph(s) that define how service(s) providedby at least one SCP subsystem will manipulate/exchange data withservice(s) provided by at least one other SCP subsystem. The controlplane system then transmits each respective SCP-local data flow controlgraph to each of the SCP subsystems, and the inter-SCP data flow controlgraph(s) to at least one SCP subsystem, and the SCP subsystems use thosedata flow control graphs to cause their service(s) tomanipulate/exchange data to perform the workload. As such, multipleservices provided by (or across) different SCP subsystems may becoordinated to manipulate and exchange data that may be received from aninitial data source/application in order to transform that initial datainto final data that may be provided to a final datadestination/application as defined by a workload.

As will be appreciated by one of skill in the art in possession of thepresent disclosure, the graph-based data flow control system of thepresent disclosure may operate to simplify application development bytransitioning application development from conventional monolithicapplications to a control plane architecture that does not require datato flow through the controlling application, provide relatively higherlevels of security due to the flow of data through trusted SCPsubsystems and the separation of the data plane from data flow controldecision making code, create an overall data management workload using acollection of local graphs for each SCP subsystem along with a globalgraph for overall SCP subsystem orchestration, provide for dynamicreconfiguration of graphs to optimize data flow, provide an analyticsplane that may operate to suggest optimizations for the hardware and/ordata flow, and/or provide a variety of other benefits that would beapparent to one of skill in the art in possession of the presentdisclosure.

Although illustrative embodiments have been shown and described, a widerange of modification, change and substitution is contemplated in theforegoing disclosure and in some instances, some features of theembodiments may be employed without a corresponding use of otherfeatures. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims beconstrued broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of theembodiments disclosed herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A graph-based data flow control system,comprising: a plurality of System Control Processor (SCP) subsystems;and a control plane system that is coupled to each of the plurality ofSCP subsystems, wherein the control plane system is configured to:identify a workload; identify one or more services that are provided bythe plurality of SCP subsystems and that are configured to manipulateand exchange data to perform the workload; generate a respectiveSCP-local data flow control graph for each of the plurality of SCPsubsystems, where each respective SCP-local data flow control graphdefines how the one or more services provided by that SCP subsystem willmanipulate and exchange data within that SCP subsystem to perform theworkload; generate at least one inter-SCP data flow control graph thatdefines how the one or more services provided by at least one first SCPsubsystem included in the plurality of SCP subsystems will manipulateand exchange data with the one or more services provided by at least onesecond SCP subsystem included in the plurality of SCP subsystems toperform the workload; and transmit each respective SCP-local data flowcontrol graph to each of the plurality of SCP subsystems, and the atleast one inter-SCP data flow control graph to at least one of theplurality of SCP subsystems, wherein the plurality of SCP subsystems areconfigured to utilize the respective SCP-local data flow control graphand the at least one inter-SCP data flow control graph to cause theirone or more services to manipulate and exchange data to perform theworkload.
 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of SCPsubsystems include: a first subset of the plurality of SCP subsystemsthat are provided in a first location; a second subset of the pluralityof SCP subsystems that are provided in a second location; and a thirdsubset of the plurality of SCP subsystems that are provided in a thirdlocation, and wherein the at least one inter-SCP data flow control graphincludes: an intra-location data flow control graph that defines how theone or more services provided by the at least one first SCP subsystemprovided in one of the first, second, or third locations will manipulateand exchange data with the one or more services provided by the at leastone second SCP subsystem provided in that first, second, or thirdlocations to perform the workload; and an inter-location data flowcontrol graph that defines how the one or more services provided by theat least one first SCP subsystem provided in one of the first, second,or third locations will manipulate and exchange data with the one ormore services provided by the at least one second SCP subsystem providedin another of the first, second, or third locations to perform theworkload.
 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the control plane system isprovided by a subset of the plurality of SCP subsystems.
 4. The systemof claim 1, wherein the control plane system is configured to: determinethat one of the plurality of SCP subsystems has become unavailable and,in response, identify a replacement SCP subsystem; and generate at leastone replacement inter-SCP data flow control graph that defines how theone or more services provided by the replacement SCP subsystem willmanipulate and exchange data with the one or more services in at leastsome of the plurality of SCP subsystems to perform the workload.
 5. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the control plane system is configured to:collect telemetry data from one or more of the plurality of SCPsubsystems in response to their one or more services handling andmanipulating data to perform the workload.
 6. The system of claim 1,wherein the control plane system is configured to: identify the at leastone first SCP subsystem included in the plurality of SCP subsystems thatwill manipulate and exchange data with the one or more services providedby the at least one second SCP subsystem included in the plurality ofSCP subsystems and, in response, transmit the at least one inter-SCPdata flow control graph to each at least one first SCP subsystem.
 7. AnInformation Handling System (IHS), comprising: a processing subsystem;and a memory subsystem that is coupled to the processing subsystem andthat includes instructions that, when executed by the processingsubsystem, cause the processing subsystem to provide a graph-based dataflow control engine that is configured to: identify a workload; identifyone or more services that are provided by a plurality of SCP subsystemsand that are configured to manipulate and exchange data to perform theworkload; generate a respective SOP-local data flow control graph foreach of the plurality of SCP subsystems, where each respective SOP-localdata flow control graph defines how the one or more services provided bythat SCP subsystem will manipulate and exchange data within that SCPsubsystem to perform the workload; generate at least one inter-SCP dataflow control graph that defines how the one or more services provided byat least one first SCP subsystem included in the plurality of SCPsubsystems will manipulate and exchange data with the one or moreservices provided by at least one second SCP subsystem included in theplurality of SCP subsystems to perform the workload; and transmit eachrespective SOP-local data flow control graph to each of the plurality ofSCP subsystems, and the at least one inter-SCP data flow control graphto at least one of the plurality of SCP subsystems, wherein theplurality of SCP subsystems are configured to utilize the respectiveSOP-local data flow control graph and the at least one inter-SCP dataflow control graph to cause their one or more services to manipulate andexchange data to perform the workload.
 8. The IHS of claim 7, whereinthe plurality of SCP subsystems include: a first subset of the pluralityof SCP subsystems that are provided in a first location; a second subsetof the plurality of SCP subsystems that are provided in a secondlocation; and a third subset of the plurality of SCP subsystems that areprovided in a third location, and wherein the at least one inter-SCPdata flow control graph includes: an intra-location data flow controlgraph that defines how the one or more services provided by the at leastone first SCP subsystem provided in one of the first, second, or thirdlocations will manipulate and exchange data with the one or moreservices provided by the at least one second SCP subsystem provided inthat first, second, or third locations to perform the workload; and aninter-location data flow control graph that defines how the one or moreservices provided by the at least one first SCP subsystem provided inone of the first, second, or third locations will manipulate andexchange data with the one or more services provided by the at least onesecond SCP subsystem provided in another of the first, second, or thirdlocations to perform the workload.
 9. The IHS of claim 7, wherein theIHS is provided by a subset of the plurality of SCP subsystems.
 10. TheIHS of claim 7, wherein the graph-based data flow control engine isconfigured to: determine that one of the plurality of SCP subsystems hasbecome unavailable and, in response, identify a replacement SCPsubsystem; and generate at least one replacement inter-SCP data flowcontrol graph that defines how the one or more services provided by thereplacement SCP subsystem will manipulate and exchange data with the oneor more services in at least some of the plurality of SCP subsystems toperform the workload.
 11. The IHS of claim 7, wherein the graph-baseddata flow control engine is configured to: collect telemetry data fromone or more of the plurality of SCP subsystems in response to their oneor more services handling and manipulating data to perform the workload.12. The IHS of claim 7, wherein the graph-based data flow control engineis configured to: identify the at least one first SCP subsystem includedin the plurality of SCP subsystems that will manipulate and exchangedata with the one or more services provided by the at least one secondSCP subsystem included in the plurality of SCP subsystems and, inresponse, transmit the at least one inter-SCP data flow control graph toeach at least one first SCP subsystem.
 13. The IHS of claim 7, whereinthe one or more services provided by each of the plurality of SCPsubsystems include at least one trusted application in each of theplurality of SCP subsystems.
 14. A method for providing graph-based dataflow control, comprising: identifying, by a control plane system, aworkload; identifying, by the control plane system, one or more servicesthat are provided by a plurality of SCP subsystems and that areconfigured to manipulate and exchange data to perform the workload;generating, by the control plane system, a respective SOP-local dataflow control graph for each of the plurality of SCP subsystems, whereeach respective SOP-local data flow control graph defines how the one ormore services provided by that SCP subsystem will manipulate andexchange data within that SCP subsystem to perform the workload;generating, by the control plane system, at least one inter-SCP dataflow control graph that defines how the one or more services provided byat least one first SCP subsystem included in the plurality of SCPsubsystems will manipulate and exchange data with the one or moreservices provided by at least one second SCP subsystem included in theplurality of SCP subsystems to perform the workload; and transmitting,by the control plane system, each respective SOP-local data flow controlgraph to each of the plurality of SCP subsystems, and the at least oneinter-SCP data flow control graph to at least one of the plurality ofSCP subsystems, wherein the plurality of SCP subsystems are configuredto utilize the respective SOP-local data flow control graph and the atleast one inter-SCP data flow control graph to cause their one or moreservices to manipulate and exchange data to perform the workload. 15.The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of SCP subsystems include:a first subset of the plurality of SCP subsystems that are provided in afirst location; a second subset of the plurality of SCP subsystems thatare provided in a second location; and a third subset of the pluralityof SCP subsystems that are provided in a third location, and wherein theat least one inter-SCP data flow control graph includes: anintra-location data flow control graph that defines how the one or moreservices provided by the at least one first SCP subsystem provided inone of the first, second, or third locations will manipulate andexchange data with the one or more services provided by the at least onesecond SCP subsystem provided in that first, second, or third locationsto perform the workload; and an inter-location data flow control graphthat defines how the one or more services provided by the at least onefirst SCP subsystem provided in one of the first, second, or thirdlocations will manipulate and exchange data with the one or moreservices provided by the at least one second SCP subsystem provided inanother of the first, second, or third locations to perform theworkload.
 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the control plane systemis provided by a subset of the plurality of SCP subsystems.
 17. Themethod of claim 14, further comprising: determining, by the controlplane system, that one of the plurality of SCP subsystems has becomeunavailable and, in response, identifying a replacement SCP subsystem;and generating, by the control plane system, at least one replacementinter-SCP data flow control graph that defines how the one or moreservices provided by the replacement SCP subsystem will manipulate andexchange data with the one or more services in at least some of theplurality of SCP subsystems to perform the workload.
 18. The method ofclaim 14, further comprising: collecting, by the control plane system,telemetry data from one or more of the plurality of SCP subsystems inresponse to their one or more services handling and manipulating data toperform the workload.
 19. The method of claim 14, further comprising:identifying, by the control plane system, the at least one first SCPsubsystem included in the plurality of SCP subsystems that willmanipulate and exchange data with the one or more services provided bythe at least one second SCP subsystem included in the plurality of SCPsubsystems and, in response, transmitting the at least one inter-SCPdata flow control graph to each at least one first SCP subsystem. 20.The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more services provided byeach of the plurality of SCP subsystems include at least one trustedapplication in each of the plurality of SCP subsystems.